Hackers Prey on Our Insecurities

Updated Feb. 10, 2000 12:00 a.m. ET

By Paul Kedrosky, an assistant professor of commerce at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

C yber-terrorism has everyone running scared. A "denial of service" attack on Monday brought Yahoo!'s Web site to its knees, costing it an estimated $500,000 in a scant three hours. The attacks have continued over the past few days, hitting leading sites such as eBay, Amazon.com, E*Trade and CNN. Yesterday Attorney...